LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Crossword competition
WINNER OF THE WINTER journal crossword competition, compiled by Coxswain Arthur Liddon of Dover, is S. N.
Perkins of Kingston-on-Thames; his was the first correct solution (shown on the right) to be drawn after the closing...
Category: Articles
Kieran Cotter Has Been Coxswain of Baltimore Lifeboat
Kieran Cotter has been coxswain of Baltimore lifeboat since 1989, having first joined the crew in 1975.
He was awarded a Bronze Medal in 1991 in recognition of his determination, skill and fine seamanship when the lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Left) Margate Lifeboat Returns for Refuelling
(Left) Margate lifeboat returns for refuelling during the night search.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Newquay - a Vast Improvement
Newquay - a vast improvement on the concrete garage…. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Stamp Collection
COBO Rainbow Guides, pictured here with former lifeboatman John Webster, have been busy collecting thousands of stamps to raise money for the RNLI. The rainbows, aged between five and seven, have been collecting the stamps as part of their... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Katina Bulgaris
FEB. 8TH.. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
The Greek steamer Katina Bulgaris, of Andros, had collided with the American steamer Meanticut and sank, but the Meanticut rescued her crew. - Permanent paid crew : Rewards, £1 0S....
An Aeroplane (9)
JUNE 27TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but a fishing boat rescued the pilot.
The life-boat towed in the aeroplane.- Rewards, £5 2s. 6d. (For a full account, see “ Services by...
An Aeroplane (58)
APRIL 11TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. A British bomber was reported to have come down in the sea, but nothing was found, and while the life-boat was searching the news came that the bomber had crashed 45 miles away. - Rewards, £13 6s. 6d..<...
Walmer
WALMER, KENT On the 18th January, 1944, the Walmer life-boat rescued the crew of thirteen of H.M. Anti-submarine boat No. 25.
COXSWAIN JOSEPH R. MERCER was awarded the bronze medal..
Category: Medals